- Date
- December 17, 1965
- Place
- Metter, GA · METTER, GA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7060HPiper J3C-65
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174926
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0908 65/12/17 METTER GA PIPER J3C-65 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 70 TOTAL TIME - 1600 N7060H PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - METTER TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE REMARKS- OFF-AIRPORT LANDING ON WAREHOUSE ACCESS ROAO TO CHANGE AIRCRAFT TIRE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7060H
- Reported as
- Piper J3C-65
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Metter
N7060HRegistration cancelled May 3, 2013 · Piper J3C-85Airframe modelPiper J3C-85Engine modelContinental A&C65 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.